Sinful Deceit (A Mayet Justice Book Book 5) by Emilia Finn

Author:Emilia Finn [Finn, Emilia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Beelieve Publishing, Pty Ltd
Published: 2022-11-03T16:00:00+00:00

Hours pass. Daytime turns to night, and the press sets up camp in Thomas’ front yard. Neighbors come out to peek at something they’ll probably later regret, and when Thomas’ body is bagged, tagged, and placed on a stretcher to be transported to the George Stanley, the reporters out front zoom in and splash a dishonored cop’s death all over the evening news.

I stay on scene every minute Minka does, so when Fletch checks out at a little past six so he can go home and bang his nanny—or, well, see his daughter, I suppose—I still keep Minka in my sights.

My job is to find a killer and close a homicide case. But two of the most competent coroners I will ever know both say it’s a straight suicide.

Just like them, I have to follow the steps and make sure. But since I’ll always trust their judgment, I choose keeping Minka close over leaving to chase a ghost.

Aubree sticks around too. Dinnertime comes and goes. The darkness becomes oppressive, and the shouted demands from the press come to feel like a blanket suffocating us.

Still, I stand guard and make damn sure Felix Malone stays far, far away.

When the girls head back to the George Stanley building, I catch a ride and follow them in.

“Straight to Autopsy Room One, please.” Minka stays with the transport van—a new hire, since the former was a homicidal douchebag. She watches as the female driver pulls the stretcher from the back of the van, then she sticks close and leads our group into the elevator so we all share a ride to the ninth floor.

“I’m gonna start the official autopsy,” Minka murmurs for Aubree. “You get to lead, the file is yours. But I’d like to cut, if that’s cool with you.”

Aubree, high on her power, detours toward her desk with a smile while the body goes right. “I’ll start the paperwork. You slice and do the grunt work.” Dropping down in her seat, she smacks the keyboard and brings her computer to life. “I’ll catch up in a bit.”

“Come on.” Tapping the back of my arm, Minka steers me toward her autopsy room—the biggest in the building. The closest to her office.

She doesn’t ask for chandeliers like her predecessor did, and I know for a damn fact she accepts less salary than her position commands. Why take more than she needs, when she could keep those funds in the budget and use them to buy other skilled techs for the George Stanley? But although she refuses the extra money, she has no issue using the biggest, shiniest room to slice people open.

“Chief Medical Examiner Minka Mayet, entering Autopsy Room One to perform the autopsy of former police detective Neil Thomas. Accompanied by Detective Archer Malone, lead investigator on Thomas’ case—Thank you.” As the transport driver flips the brakes and stops the body in the middle of the room, Minka glances up for just a moment to express her gratitude.

Then the woman is gone, and all that’s left is Minka, me, and a dead, dirty cop.

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